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AI is becoming more and more intelligent. But will AI agents one day outdo the generalized smarts that distinguish human intelligence? And if so, is that good or bad for humanity? Those were just a couple of the questions raised during this week’s AGI-24 conference in Seattle.

Amazon is paying $80 million to acquire Perceive, which specializes in technology for serving large artificial intelligence models on edge devices. The deal could boost the performance and speed of Amazon's hardware products, and its efforts in large language models and multi-modal experiences. Read more.

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  • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez met with Pope Francis and discussed climate action. (Instagram)

  • AT&T and Verizon aren’t happy with T-Mobile’s satellite offering powered by SpaceX. (The Verge)

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